Paradise!!! After we arrived at the hotel Wednesday after a long trip across the mountain pass from Switzerland we opened our shutters onto our balcony and saw the most amazing vista. Lake views everywhere, high hills around us, a patio below us also sharing this view where we have breakfast and dinner.. Of course there are more window boxes filled with trailing geraniums and villages nestled along Lake como and in the hills. I can understand why George Clooney has a home here..and no we haven't seen him...not that John would recognise him!1Yesterday we mooched around Bellagio, happy to leave the car behind after the intro to driving in Italy.We sampled the gelati and walked around the town. Today we are going to see how far we can go via boat visiting the lakeside towns.